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Description
"Ice reefers" were specially designed railroad cars that were cooled with ice during the summer to prevent potatoes from spoiling during the summer shipping season. Icing stations were located in Houlton, Presque Isle and Caribou.
About This Item
- Title: Ice reefer inspection, ca. 1959
- Creator: Richard W. Sprague
- Creation Date: circa 1959
- Subject Date: circa 1959
- Location: ME
- Media: Photographic print
- Dimensions: 20 cm x 20 cm
- Collection: Richard Sprague
- Object Type: Image
Cross Reference Searches
Standardized Subject Headings
- Employees
- Shipping
- Bangor and Aroostook Railroad Company--People
- Railroad refrigerator cars
- Bangor and Aroostook Railroad Company--Equipment and supplies
- Potatoes
Other Keywords
- B&A
- Bangor & Aroostook Railroad
- Bangor & Aroostook RR
- Bangor and Aroostook RR
- Caribou
- Houlton
- ice
- ice reefer
- Presque Isle
For more information about this item, contact:
Oakfield Historical SocietyPO Box 176, Oakfield, ME 04763
(207) 267-1294
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